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JESUS OF HOLLYWOOD Christ was first portrayed on film 105 years ago. Since then many directors and actors have been tempted to depict the Christian saviour -- the latest, this Easter, on the BBC. Paul Whitington looks back at how they have fared...

JESUS OF HOLLYWOOD

Christ was first portrayed on film 105 years ago. Since then many directors and actors have been tempted to depict the Christian saviour -- the latest, this Easter, on the BBC. Paul Whitington looks back at how they have fared...

Ever since the dawn of cinema filmmakers have been tempted -- possibly by the devil -- to recreate the events of the Gospels. In fact, within a few years of the birth of moving pictures the Lumiere brothers were bringing Jesus to the screen in a respectful 44-minute film called La Vie et la Passion de Jesus Christ. If that 1903 incarnation marked Christ's first known appearance in front of the camera, there have since been ...

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